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On the recordMay 20, 2009
From being on Ways and Means for a number of year now, what ends up happening is we might pass a MedPAC recommendation or two and what we find out is Congress then takes that away because of political pressures and time.
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William Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan discusses the challenges of maintaining MedPAC recommendations due to political pressures.

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